The vast majority of organ donations once came from people who were brain-dead. But last year about half of the deceased ...

Vanderbilt University Medical Center researchers have developed a groundbreaking new method for the recovery of hearts from deceased organ donors after circulatory death (DCD). The method (rapid ...

Organ donation after the heart stops beating has risen sharply in the U.S. Over 25 years, it has grown from a rare practice ...

A case series describes 24 patients who received donation after circulatory death cardiac allografts that were recovered using the REUP technique. REUP is an organ procurement technique that doesn't ...

The vast majority of organ donations once came from people who were brain-dead. Now they’re increasingly coming from people ...

Surgeons at Duke University have resuscitated a 'dead' heart on the operating table after it stopped beating for more than five minutes. The organ was later transplanted into the chest of a ...

Contemporary donation after circulatory death donors are more medically complex than those from prior eras.

A new technique of on-table donor heart reanimation has potential to facilitate organ procurement when normothermic regional perfusion is not permitted. Successful case reports were reported for three ...

Heart Transplant Recipients and Donor Families Share Stories of Hope, Healing and Inspiration OneLegacy, the leading organ, eye, and tissue recovery organization serving seven counties in Southern ...

Salem, Indiana doctor Stephen Kemker got a life-saving heart transplant during a heavy Indiana snowstorm, thanks to the fast work of his Indianapolis medical team.